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Ticket #1521 (new defect)

Opened 15 years ago

Last modified 15 years ago

Setting non-11a rates fails to set further valid 11a rates

Reported by: Privinesh Assigned to:
Priority: minor Milestone:
Component: madwifi: other Version: v0.9.2
Keywords: Cc:
Patch is attached: 1 Pending:

Description (Last modified by mrenzmann)

Here is the setup ath10 is in 11a mode.

Run -

  1. iwconfig ath10 rate 2M (invalid rate in 11a)
  2. iwconfig ath10 rate 6M (valid rate in 11a)
  3. iwconfig ath10 rate 56M (valid rate in 11a)

In this sequence, the valid rate is not be accepted by iwconfig command.

  1. iwconfig ath10 rate 3M (invalid rate in 11a)
  2. iwconfig ath10 rate 6M (valid rate in 11a)
  3. iwconfig ath10 rate 56M (valid rate in 11a)

same in this case also.

The problem is due to rate 2M, 3M

Attachments

madwifi-0.9.3.2-tic1521.patch (0.8 kB) - added by privinesh on 08/27/07 15:07:20.
This patch will solve the problem

Change History

08/27/07 15:07:20 changed by privinesh

  • attachment madwifi-0.9.3.2-tic1521.patch added.

This patch will solve the problem

08/28/07 05:57:00 changed by mrenzmann

  • description changed.

56M is no valid rate, neither in 11g nor in 11a. It's 54M instead.

In addition, I think that 2M and 3M are valid rates with XR being enabled, but I'm not sure.

Last not least, you should upgrade to the latest stable release (v0.9.3.2), due to known security issues in the version you use.

08/28/07 06:31:36 changed by mentor

Would you provide the output of the commands you are running? Use and for block quotes.

08/28/07 08:21:08 changed by privinesh

Run -

iwconfig ath10 rate 2M 

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device ath10 ; No such device or address.

iwconfig ath10 rate 6M 

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device ath10 ; Invalid argument.

iwconfig ath10 rate 54M 

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device ath10 ; Invalid argument.

In this sequence, the iwconfig command is not accepting the valid rate (6M, 54M) in 11a mode, so there is a problem after set 2M (or 3M) rate in 11a mode.

I had tried with 56M (Invalid rate) also, it also show the same error message.

iwconfig ath10 rate 56M 

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device ath10 ; Invalid argument.

08/28/07 11:29:38 changed by privinesh

I have seen this bug in madwifi (version 0.9.3.2) as well.

I ported the patch to 0.9.3.2 and is attached.